Earlier this year, publisher Capcom announced the next instalment of the Resident Evil series is in development. With Resident Evil 9 confirmed in all but name, fans of the horror franchise are patiently awaiting the full reveal, and that may come very soon if Metacritic is to be believed.
A page for the upcoming game was recently spotted on the review aggregation website. Metacritic doesn't typically create listings for titles that have yet to be publicly unveiled.
While it could simply be a placeholder page, given that the game is already confirmed to be on the way, some fans are taking this as a sign that we'll be seeing the first of Resident Evil 9 sooner rather than later.
According to X user Projekt Parasol, a similar situation occurred when Metacritic created a page for Resident Evil 4: Gold Edition roughly two months prior to announcement. In about two months from now, The Game Awards 2024 will take place on 12th December.
So, an official unveiling of Resi 9 at Geoff Keighley's year-ending show certainly seems plausible. Rumours about the game have been flying around for what feels like ages, so it'll be nice to finally put this to bed — here's hoping Capcom gives us what we want in the near future.
What do you think? Is the Metacritic page a sign that we'll see the game very soon? Munch on a green herb in the comments section below.
[source metacritic.com, via x.com]
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I think a Geoff Keighley announcement is entirely possible and could be the reason we haven’t seen it elsewhere. If RE9 is 2025, add it to the list of games more exciting than GTA6 to be released next year (for me, personally).
Surely this is just a placeholder from Metacritic, though?
Which is it? The article says the game is 'confirmed in all but name', and then says the page is a placeholder, given that the game is 'already confirmed to be on the way'. So is Res 9 confirmed? 🤞
Half-Life 3 has also been on Metacritic for ages.
@Owyn that's because it's been confirmed.
@get2sammyb
Knowing how Capcom does marketing, as we get closer to MonHun Wilds release they'll probably start announcing their next big game for Q2/Q3, which will probably be a new Resident Evil.
The question is whether or not it will be RE9 or another RE project they have been cooking.
Sony was used to reveal the past few RE games via SoP/Showcase so perhaps a SoP/Showcase sometime in December - March. They may do something special in December for the Playstation 30th anniversary or there may be an event in the usual January - March slot.
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